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I just went to see the movie and I have some things to say (sorry for my english it is not my first language)
1.- We didn't see Ana studying because we assumed that she does, of course, the filmakers can't put everything in just 2 hrs. A lot of Mexican-Americans women are very smart, that is truth.
2.- It is impossible that all the latino families can fit in just one history, like this that is presented . This movie can show us how is life for SOME or maybe the MAYORITY of latinos that are living here, not just in L.A but in USA. A lot of latinos have to work very hard our WHOLE LIFE (like the mother of Ana).
3.- The point is not that fat is healthly, the point in this movie is to say that if your body has curves, you don't have to feel ugly and useless. Some of us have curves but we are healthly and we are smart and we are trying to be success people, we are doing our best, working hard.
I have more points but I don't want to take your time, I just want to say:please latinas, UNAMONOS like that beautiful words say "United we stand" how come you guys, are talking so bad about this movie?. Como nos vamos a superar?, si no nos apoyamos y si nos criticamos y mofamos te las curvaceas en lugar de dar consejos. Apoyemos el cine Mexico-Americano. Gracias.

If I were to state how I as a Latina categorize this movie I would have to say that it was a falsication of a movie that created false assumptions of whoever watched the movie of a "Latin" family or style of living. What obviously made me mad was that this movie was written by a Mexican American person which makes this movie even powerful because it was created by a Latina and that sends off the message that this encompasses all Latinos and now made the audience see us as something that we are not. One factor that I found interesting was that in the movie yes, Ana was accepted to Columbia University but in the movie how many times did the audience see Ana actually studying. The message that it presents to the audience is that Latinos do not have motivation and therefore are lazy. This was one of the many examples that I can site from the movie which create negative assumptions of Latinos. Another important part in the movie which I found offensive was when supposively Ana's parents did not want her to leave off to college. If I am correct, I as a Latina coming from an immigrant family, college student, have never heard of any Latin parents who do not want their kids to pursue an education. i just have to state that this movie was an offense to the Latin culture.

Editor's note: This is exactly what I was trying to say about the movie. There's not one moment in the film to suggest that the character has any intelligence -- in fact, in class, she seems to be dumber than any of her classmates. Suddenly at the end, she gets something for nothing and that's supposed to make us feel good about her story. I think the filmmakers just did a terrible job.

Those who want to comment on weight, ethnicity or whatever, I'm all for that, but does the film actually work for you or are you talking about your personal feelings separate from the film?

To the anonymous poster of the above comment, thanks for a very perceptive opinion.